No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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